3 mobile broadband

chilli_dog

I work remotely and have to use these damn things every day.

I have a Vodafone USB modem, which will conect at 3.6 meg in Manchester city centre, it jumps onto GPRS sometimes (236k) if im in the middle of an office.

If you live in the sticks then you might find yourself living on GPRS.

Basically, click your home page, go and put the kettle on, make the brew and maybe its ready when you get back.

But this is Vodafone, other providers may be better

Sorry if i sound cynical but it does my head in!!!

sammahootexpress

i live in the sticks in essex i got 3 pay 15 per month pay as go get 3.6 better speed than i was with pipex now gor rid of my land line . thta is with the 3 usb modem

warrend

3 offer by far the most competitive data bundles as far as I can see. Check the coverage before you look at buying one - theres no point signing up to a "faster" service if its not in your area.

adrianwood

Hi

I have read mixed reviews on the 3 Mobile Broadband service and I am going to give it a try. So I do not get locked into a contract I am going to go with the pay as you go option.

I have searched around briefly and found that on the 3 website the pay as you go modem is £99.

Does anyone know of where this can be purchased cheaper?

Thanks

hillendale

Do all the networks offer a pay as you go option for mobile broadband .
All advice welcome

hillendale

I noticed these for sale on ebay you could ask if he has any more for sale , i want one myself but need one thats unlocked so i can use other payg networks i want to edge my bets on signal coverage . Hope this helps

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280191796786

labp04

I didnt know these modems could be unlocked? I'd be interested to learn what this would mean and how /what charges would be made if it were used with other networks?

iamashoppingaddict

Hi,

Hope you can help me.

I received my 3 mobile usb broadband 'dongle' yesterday and I installed it ok but when I get to press the connect button on the 3 mobile screen it tries to connect and it then says

'a connection to the remote computer could not be established so the port used for this connection was closed'

I tried called technical support and got through to india (:o ) and they went through a load of settings which made no difference at all and then they said that it could be because the sim card wasn't activiated yet and to give it 24 hours. I called to activate the sim and they said it was already activiated. Bearing in mind I've only got until tomorrow to send it back under the 3 day trial period - has anyone got any ideas how I can get it working????

Thanks
M

espresso

Have you followed all of the steps here?

sammahootexpress

hi i bought the 3 mobile one last month intially i looked on ebay but bought mine from 3 a least u know what ur getting, the pay as u go is good i got speed of 3.6 on pipex i was getting 2.9 - 3 .